Author: wmc
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Girls cream O’Shea
The 62nd running of the O’Shea Shield public speaking contest held in Napier last month saw the two top prizes evenly spread between provincial and metropolitan cities but the girls took top honours.
The cathedral 160 years ago
Even before the diocese was established, there were the beginnings of the Catholic community in Wellington bringing together Catholic immigrant families. Bishop Pompallier celebrated the first Mass in Wellington on Christmas Day, 1840.
Masterton principal sixth in the world
Schools 6 June 2008 Chanel College principal, Jo Matthews, has been judged sixth in the world in her age group for two butterfly events at the World Masters Swimming Championships in Perth, Western Australia. Jo covered the 100m butterfly event in a time of 1.22.63. She equalled her New Zealand record time and was awarded […]
Sister John Bosco Fraser RSM RIP
Sr John Bosco taught in Catholic primary schools in Hataitai, Naenae, Upper Hutt, Reefton, Westport and Kilbirnie and later at Hato Paora College, Feilding.
God gave us a gift in Sr Jean-Marie
God’s gift arrived in the Wellington Archdiocese when Sister Jean-Marie McErlane decided she would give her considerable talents as teacher to establish and lead some of the Brigidine schools.
Miriama Te Ahipuia Kahu RIP
Miriama was involved in setting up Te Kohanga Reo in Kaikoura, and in the construction of Takahanga Marae, and she established Te Tai o Marokura Health and Social Service and Ariama Cultural Retreat Centre.
Hato Paora retreat for Sydney
A series of informational talks on Sydney, games, as well as sharing’both food and faith’made it a great preparatory event for the journey to World Youth Day in July.
The RNZAF drops by St Peters
A chopper on the netball courts ‘ it’s not an everyday event so the Year 7 and 8 students of St Peter’s College, Palmerston North, were in for a treat on Monday May 19.